Tambora

Tambora's location is the Lesser Sonda Islands in Indonesia.The elevation is 8,930 ft or 2,722 metres.All vegetation on the island was destroyed.After Tambora erupted Uprooted trees, mixed with pumice ash, washed into the sea and formed rafts of up to 5 kilometres across. One pumice raft was found in the Indian Ocean, near Calcutta on 1 and 3 October 1815. Clouds of thick ash still covered the summit on 23 April. Explosions ceased on 15 July, although smoke emissions were still observed as late as 23 August. Flames and rumbling aftershocks were reported in August 1819, four years after the event.